Garment support



March 18, 1930. QDALLIMORE 1 751, 030

GARMENT SUPPORT Filed Sept. 1, 1928 clialia/ E-Dailo'more Patented Mar. 18, 1930 I I orFIcE JULIA E. DALLIMORE, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE4 1118.131i'lIO' PEARL M. DALLIMORE, or nos ANGELES,CALIFORNIA GARMENT SUPPORT Application filed September 1, 1928. Serial No. 303,529.

This invention relates to apparel and more particularly to supports adapted to be disposed across a persons shoulders for supporting an underwaist or like garment.

One object of the invention isto provide a support of this character which may be formed from a very narrow strand of material so that it will be very inconspicuous and v at the same time to so form the end portions of the support which are connected with the garment that the garment will be very well supported and its upperportion retained upright in proper position when worn.

Another object of the invention is to so form the portions of the supports which rest upon the shoulders that fasteners may be carried thereby and engaged with an over-garment, such as a dress, waist or the like, and thereby prevent the supports from sliding off the shoulders.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a garment provided with the improved supports, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail showing one of the supports in an extended position.

In Figure 1, there has been shown a garment 1 which may be an underwaist or other similar garment and this garment is shown supported by the improved supports designated in general by the numeral 2 and extending over a persons shoulders with their end portions extending downwardly at the front and back. The supports are of the same construction and each consists of a strand 3 of strong but thin fabric, the end portions of which are folded back upon themselves and secured in any desired manner such as by knotting, weaving, or by wrapping them with thread, as shown at 4, thereby providing loops or garment-engaging members 5 which may be of any size desired. Since the ends of the strands are secured by threads wrapped about them, as shown in Fig. 2, they will be firmly held in place and not liable to catch and tear loose. After the loops 5 have been formed, the intermediate portion of the strand between the two loops is doubled and either knotted or secured by a thread wrapping 6 in order to form an eye 7 to receive a safety pin or like fastener 8 and by properly locating the eye between the loops the fastening will be disposed over a persons shoulder,

as shown in Fig. 1. In order to connect the supports with a garment, the loops are spread so that they assume an irregular triangular shape and their base portions are disposed against the inner surface of the garment slightly below and parallel to its upper edge where they aresecured by suitable stitching. It will thus be seen that the loops or attaching members will extend parallel to the upper edge of the garment for an appreciable extent and since theyextend beneath the arms as well as along the side portions of the front of the garment they will cause the upper portion of the garment to be well supported and retained in an upright position.

are very thin and preferably no thicker than dental floss, they will be very inconspicuous and practically invisible and, therefore, will will be connected with the waist and prevented from sliding off a'persons shoulder. Therefore, they will be comfortable to wear Since the stran-dsfrom which the supports are formed v and very eflicient in their operation.

Having thus described the invention,

claim:

1. In combination with a garment,fisupports for suspending the garment from a persons shoulders each comprising a strand of a length to extend across a shoulder with its end portions depending therefrom at the front and back, each end portion being prol vided with a garment-engaging element at its lower end and having an elongated basesecured along the upper edge portion of the garment, the intermediate portion of said strand being formed with an eye, and a fastener carried by the eye for engagement with an over-garment to retain the strand in place upon a persons shoulder.

2. A garment support comprising a strand 7 of flexible material to extend across a persons shoulder with end portions depending I 3t the front and backpthe ends of'the Strand 7 being carried back upon themselves to form loops adapted to be moved into triangular sha'pe and secured adjacentthe upper edge of a garmenf the intermediate portion of the Strand. being doubled and secured to form an eye', an d'a,-fastener engaged in said eye and, adapted to be engaged with an overegarment I strand in place upon "a persons" I testimony WheI QfI. a fi i y ig ie t l JULIA E. DALLI-MORE. 5 

